Smart Acca Picks: Arsenal & Brighton Both Involved

Here we take a look at Smart Acca Picks for Friday's action, with this one being a decent shot at 18/1 chosen by Smart Acca via the Free Betting Hub App.

This is a six-fold match result accumulator, with fixtures coming from the Premier League, Scottish Championship and the Belgian Pro League.

• Brighton vs Brentford: Brighton to win - 4/6
• Arsenal vs Ipswich Town: Arsenal to win - 1/7
• Dunfermline vs Falkirk: Falkirk to win - 3/4
• OHL vs Beerschot: OHL to win - 18/25
• Anderlecht vs Dender: Anderlecht to win - 8/15
• Sint-Truiden vs Cercle Brugge: Cercle Brugge - 43/20

The first game on this Smart Acca sees 10th-place Brighton host 12th-place Brentford at the Amex Stadium.

Brighton are without a win in their last five outings, following draws against Southampton (1-1), Leicester City (2-2) and West Ham United (1-1) while suffering 3-1 defeats to both Fulham and Crystal Palace.

Brentford have won just one of their last five matches across all competitions, having beaten Newcastle United (4-2) on 7th December after a 3-1 away defeat to Aston Villa. Since the aforementioned results, Thomas Frank’s men have suffered losses to Chelsea (2-1), Newcastle (3-1 in the League Cup) and Nottingham Forest (2-0).

Arsenal will be aiming to move second in the Premier League table when they go up against Ipswich Town at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners have won three of their last four matches since drawing 1-1 at Fulham, having beaten AS Monaco 3-0 and Crystal Palace 3-2 on either side of a 0-0 draw with Everton before earning a 5-1 win over the Eagles in the Premier League.

Ipswich Town have won just one of their last five matches, with their sole victory coming away at Wolves via a 2-1 scoreline on 14th December. The Tractor Boys’ other games have seen them suffer defeats to Nottingham Forest (1-0), Crystal Palace (1-0), AFC Bournemouth (2-1) and Newcastle United (4-0).

Top of the table Falkirk travels to ninth in the table Dunfermline in tonight’s Scottish Championship action.

Dunfermline are on a two-game losing streak following defeats to Raith Rovers (2-0) and Greenock Morton (2-0) after wins over Hamilton Academical (3-2) and Edinburgh City (2-1).

Falkirk have won four and lost one of their last five matches, with their sole defeat being a 5-2 loss at Ayr United. The Bairns have managed to beat Queen’s Park (1-0), East Kilbride (3-1), Raith Rovers (3-0) and Hamilton Academical (1-0).

12th-place OHL meets bottom of the table Beerschot in the Belgian Pro League.

Leuven suffered a 1-0 defeat at Cercle Brugge last time out after wins over Sporting Charlerloi (1-0) and Zulte Waregem (5-0) while drawing with Standard Liege (1-1) and Anderlecht (0-0).

Beerschot’s last win came all the way back on 1st December when they beat Cercle Brugge (3-2). Since then, they have suffered a 2-1 defeat at Anderlecht and drawn against Mechelen (1-1), Standard Liege (0-0) and Kortrijk (2-2).

Third-place Anderlecht takes on 10th-place Dender in Belgium’s top-flight.

The home side suffered a 2-0 loss at Genk last time out, ending a superb run of form that had seen them beat the likes of Sint-Truiden (2-0), Slavia Praha (2-1), Beerschot (2-1) and Westerlo (4-1).

Dender have shown inconsistency of late, as following their 1-1 draw with Antwerp on 22nd November, they have since suffered defeats to Club Brugge (4-1) and Antwerp (3-1) on either side of wins against Kortrijk (3-0) and Westerlo (1-0).

The final game on this Smart Acca also comes from the Belgian Pro League as 15th-place Sint-Truiden faces off against 13th-place Cercle Brugge.

Sint-Truiden are on a three game losing streak since beating Cercle Brugge 1-0 on 4th December, having suffered defeats to Gent (2-0), Anderlecht (2-0) and Sporting Charleroi (2-1).

Cercle Brugge are unbeaten in their last five matches, having drawn with the likes of Union Saint-Gilloise (0-0), Gent (1-1) and Istanbul Basaksehir (1-1) while earning wins over Olimpija (4-1) and OH Leuven (1-0).

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